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by Graham Ginty, Protoculture

Beginner and Intermediate

01h 10m

Understanding

Understanding Compressors

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First up here's Graham with the lowdown on how a compressor works, what the main controls are doing to your sounds and different uses of compression.

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Cubase

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Tutorial 01 - Introduction 10:02
Tutorial 02 - Compressor Types 04:45
Tutorial 03 - Drums 08:33
Tutorial 04 - Bus Compression 08:36
Tutorial 05 - Bass Compression 09:06
Tutorial 06 - Sidechain Compression 04:35
Tutorial 07 - Parallel Compression 08:24
Tutorial 08 - Multiband Compressors 07:26
Tutorial 09 - Vocals 09:30
Course description

If you ask someone to explain audio compression you'll often get very different answers from different people. Well, here at Sonic Academy we go right back to basics to nail this subject once and for all so you can finally fully understand it.

We look at how a compressor works, what the main controls are actually doing to your sounds and the different uses of compression before diving into some real-world examples on how to use a compressor to achieve great results in your dynamics.

If you don't fully understand the "what's and why's" of compressors then we've got you covered so you have everything you need to help you on your music production journey.

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